Toyota Camry 2007 Car Dies and Rear Defrost Light Blinks

Hi I have a Toyota Camry 2007 137000 miles on it. My car dies when I drive on low speed so I went to toyota and they said there was too much carbon in the fuel tank. I taught the problem got fixed but it started again. so whenever I am driving on low speed or waiting on a signal light the car just turns off randomly. Also, when I start my car the Rear Defrost light blinks for few seconds and goes off. Not sure of both of them are related. Thanks for your help in advance.

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yes....this seems like a grounding problem...first thing I'd do is wirebrush
the main ground connection...yes I know you've got to take the battery out to
get to it on a Camry, but do this for renewed performance of electrical
components...for example do you know that when you pull high amperage
through a bolted connection of dis-similar materials there will be WELDING
and blue flame and debris from this transfer of power (many amps) through
a spot about the size of a quarter....so if you can get in there (I know the
battery will need to be taken out on a Camry) wirebrush that connection and
the auxiliary devices will be restored with full 12 volts and needed
amperages~NEW battery would help if it's over five years old~

I have never heard of carbon in the fuel tank. Did they clean the throttle body?
Your ISC operating correctly? Are there any codes in the computer system?
Have you checked the rear window switch and grounds.

me neither...only source might be a disintegrated carbon resistor....but
where?,,,,and which component still uses carbon resistors would be nearby....I
do believe that someone dumped something in the gas tank....ex-lover
perhaps...stupid little kid perhaps.....the Azburger nephew who really has the
keys to makin' you lose your temper?....disintegration of the fuel cap seal?~

I believe our host has a staggering lack of imagination
regardez~"ABCD123456789".....okay feels like we're on sesame street with
this handle....you might have chosen a 10-20 like with special characters in it
like pipe symbol pipe symbol bracket curly bracket thus~ |||[[{{ that would be a
little more interesting...don't you think Play-Doh~?

Clean the throttle body intake. Get an old
toothbrush and throttle body cleaner. Take off
the ducting to the intake. Turn the car to on, "its
before you turning the key to start" have
someone or something put the pedal to the floor.
They throttle valve will open all the way. Spray
some cleaner and brush it. Get all the black crap
off it. Wipe it clean. Put everything back together.
The carbon and dirt built up around the valve
area. So when at idle the valve is barely open.
With the build up dirt it closes the valve and your
engine shuts off.

I am have toyota camry 2009 se American Specification car. I
change my battery but electrician didnt not shutdown my car
and replace the battery but during replacement he mistakenly
drop a terminal having red rubber cap on it which touch the
engine somewhere and my car shutdown completely.
After he changed my battery my car goes back to the reset
position but later the speedometer needles try to go in reverse
direction every time i start after a long time.
There is one more thing which i recently experienced that while
driving car in slow speed my car suddenly died. I try to start it
but for 5 seconds approximately i didn't start but after very
seconds it starts but my rear defrost yellow or orange or orange
light blinked for 5 seconds and during these 5 seconds air
condition panel seems to be halt or not working. After when light
stopped blinking , things get back to the normal condition.
since i change my battery my car dont start in normal way, it
start like battery is very weak and it start after 1 or 2 send by
keep trying starting.
i asked a electrician, as per him i should re install car ECU
program online, it might possible some files got corrupted but
my mind is not accepting this.
Another electrician said that my ECU is burnt, but if i believe on
whats he saying than how can my car function normally usually.
as since 4 days there was nothing like this but again it start
behaving like this as explained earlier.
Can any one guide me whats the problem.

Any good tech knows to never disconnect the battery with the car
running, this can cause a voltage surge that can seriously damage
the electronics of today's vehicles, in some cases it takes a few
days of running for the onboard computers programming chips to
breakdown and start doing crazy stuff with the control systems,
eventually they will quit working properly. The only place to get this
programming error fixed is the dealer, but if the damage is too deep
then the computers will have to be replaced and reprogrammed to
match the vehicles Vin. I had a customer that did this and he ruined
every piece of electronic hardware that was turned on in his car,
radio, computers, ignition module, electronic dash cluster, it cost
over 2500 bucks to get it operational again. Sorry for the bad
news.

Actually what fixed the issue is still unknown to
me. After doing routine maintenance "changed
the oil, air & cabin filters" the problem went away.
Maybe system being a vacuum system wasn't
getting enough pressure due to air restrictions.
But I am still not sure what fixed it or of it fixed
itself. It works now.

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